Woman at sober living facility accused of kicking cop

FREMONT - A Fremont woman faces a felony assault charge after allegedly kicking a Fremont police officer while being arrested for intoxicated disorderly conduct at a sober living facility.

According to a Fremont police report, Jacqueline Lapata, 41, was believed to have been drinking alcohol at the facility at 223 N. Wood St. after a manager found two cans of Four Loko alcohol in a room in which Lapata was staying.

When the manager confronted Lapata — whom the manager said appeared to be intoxicated — about the alcohol, the report said Lapata became verbally abusive towards other residents and said she wanted to leave the facility.

As police arrived, Lapata was seen in the driveway of the facility and was unsteady on her feet and slurring her speech, the report said.

Lapata began to yell offensive language at the facility manager and was advised to stop by police.

Police placed her under arrest and, while processing Lapata at the police station, the suspect said she needed to use the restroom and became uncooperative when a female officer was escorting her, the report said.

Lapata was placed back in a police cruiser to be taken to ProMedica Memorial Hospital to be cleared by medical staff to be incarcerated.

As she exited the cruiser to the emergency room, Lapata began yelling offensive language towards medical staff, the report said.

Medical personnel cleared Lapata for incarceration, but again she became disorderly, refusing to walk to the cruiser, and dropped to the floor.

After being secured in the cruiser, Lapata began banging her head against the cruiser's protective cage, the report said.

When Fremont police officer William Fry went to protect Lapata from injuring herself, she laid down on the seat and began kicking Fry in the legs multiple times, the report said.

Lapata was finally restrained and booked in the Sandusky County Jail where she is charged with felony assault on a police officer and one misdemeanor count each of intoxicated disorderly conduct and disorderly conduct at an emergency facility.

Lapata previously pleaded guilty to an intoxicated disorderly conduct charged in May 2017.